An Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment has been received for 236-264 Victoria St N. to permit a mixed-use development with ground floor commercial spaces containing 1076 residential units (~53% 1-bed, 47% 2-bed proposed) across three towers (18, 35 and 40 storeys) at a Floor Space Ratio (FSR) of 10.5. Full details at the City’s website, Kitchener.ca/planningapplications.
Further to the information in the various reports, Senior Planner Craig Dumart informs us that:
- The application is complete as of December 20, 2023.
- The tenure (rentals or condominiums) of the development has not been decided.
- No affordable housing has been offered.
- All parkland dedications are planned to be cash-in-lieu.
- Council is obliged to render a decision (recommend a change in zoning — along the lines requested or otherwise — or retain the existing zoning) by the April 8, 2024 Council meeting. To meet the deadline, the application would need to be first considered at a Planning and Strategic Initiatives Committee meeting, no later than March 25, 2024.
Opportunities to Engage
- Attend a virtual Neighbourhood Meeting on Tuesday February 13, 2024 at 6:30 pm.
- Ask questions of and submit comments to Senior Planner Craig Dumart by February 13, 2024. Note: The Planning Department is unable to set a comment deadline after the Neighbourhood Meeting because a Council decision has to be made in March 2024.
Proximate neighbours may have also received a copy of this postcard in the mail:
The following map shows the location of the proposed development along with the existing zoning and the Growing Together proposed zoning where applicable.
The following table compares the proposal against the existing MIX-2 zoning. The table also includes comparator MIX-3 and SGA-3 zone requirements.
